Service difficulty report · Converter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 20, 2013
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35685
Aircraft time
19,893 hours, 6,230 cycles
Part
Converter
Part number
1152466250
Part serial
115246601924
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
19,893 hours, 6,230 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ATTEMPTED TO PLACE APU GENERATOR ON BUSS FROM GROUND POWER, CPS FREQ AN AC VOLTS SHOWED ZERO WITH GENERATOR SELECT SWITCH IN APU GEN POSITION. GROUND POWER SWITCH CONFIRMED ON. APU GEN SHOWED FREQ AND VOLTS (400/116). PLACED APU ON GEN AND POWER TRIPPED OFF. PLACED GROUND POWER BACK ON BUSS. ONCE APU SHOWED FREQ AND VOLTS AGAIN. ATTEMPTED POWER SHIFT-STAYED ON BUS FOR APPROX 1 MIN AND TRIGGERED AGAIN. VERIFIED NO VOLTS OR FREQS DISPLAYED DURING MULTIPLE START ATTEMPTS. NO FAULTS LOGGED IN APU BITE OR CURRENT STATUS. APU & ENGINE GCUS BITE CHECKED NORMAL. R & R APU START CONVERTER UNIT. OP CK NORMAL. REF MM 49.41-61 & 49-11-00. TRANSFERRED BUSS PWR NUMEROUS TIMES BETWEEN EXT, APU & ENG GENERATORS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL TRANSFERS & DISPLAYS (VOLTS & FREQS) NORMAL.